Endorsements matter in low turnout elections. Whether Virginia joins the GOP column in 2024 depends on whether black and Hispanic voters come home. Editor’s Note: Shaun Kenney’s column this week originally appeared in The Republican Standard. First things first, let’s peel back some national level numbers. Writ large, former president Donald J. Trump’s re-election campaign […]
Bear with me, but I have a terrible knot in the back of my right shoulder that neither heat nor medicine nor water can seem to unlock. Political differences can seem that way as well. Sometimes no matter how hard you try, the problem just seems intractable — sometimes because the players want to make […]
When you have an LLC within an LLC moving within weeks and not months on a prime piece of property? There ought to be questions. Bear with me, but I have a terrible knot in the back of my right shoulder that neither heat nor medicine nor water can seem to unlock. Political differences can […]
Once envisioned for the old Maury School, could the University of Mary Washington be the perfect partner for a world-class presidential library? Editor’s Note: This column by Shaun Kenney appeared in June, while the Fredericksburg Advance was operating under a different name. With spring fully upon us, and the future of the Renwick building again […]
by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT The Mary’s Landing project, which proposes to build 63 townhouses on existing unused parking lots across Fall Hill Avenue from the old Mary Washington Hospital building, does not require review by the Planning Commission or approval by City Council because it likely does not qualify as a major or […]
This is the time of year where Easter Sunday becomes the center for many. Here’s what it means to me. by SHAUN KENNEYColumnist (and Penitent Easter Catholic) My Lenten traditions start with a tiny little book I keep above the fireplace consisting of a hardback edition of St. Thomas Aquinas’ Lenten Reflections. These reflections begin right […]
Sorry, but no one has the unmitigated right to my vote. Earn it. If you are indeed a Republican, there is no more certain way to make a Democratic friend by announcing your dislike of Donald J. Trump. Of course, the quickest way to lose that friend is to mention that the reason you do […]
The GOP nomination contest is practically wrapped up and predictably boring. So let’s talk about something more interesting — peas.
Spotsylvania’s public schools need a superintendent the conservative-led Board of Supervisors like and trust. Will they keep him around? Or pay the exorbitant severance fee?
Mayor Lawrence Davies Deserves More Than a Bus Station
Who best represents the qualities of “patriot” and “emancipator” than our very own Mayor Lawrence Davies? And why not U.S. 1? “Service is the rent we pay for the space we occupy in the world.” — Mayor Lawrence Davies Eight votes. Growing up in Fredericksburg during the Mayor Davies era, there was a certain degree […]